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Jaishankar Warns UNGA: World Witnessing "Weaponisation of Everything"
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News18•27-09-2026, 00:00
Jaishankar Warns UNGA: World Witnessing "Weaponisation of Everything"
- •External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, highlighting a global trend of "weaponisation of everything."
- •Jaishankar stated that a mindset of "extreme competition" is undermining institutions and creating chokepoints across various sectors.
- •He emphasized that peace is not merely the absence of war, warning that continuous threats push the world to the "edge of an abyss."
- •The minister stressed the importance of strengthening stability, security, and predictability as crucial elements for maintaining peace.
- •Jaishankar noted that this "weaponisation" extends from finance to market access, supply chains, and technology, leading nations to focus on de-risking and diversification rather than trust.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated at the UNGA that an extreme competition mindset is undermining global institutions, leading to the constricting of market access, the disruption of supply chains, and the withholding of technology and finance.
Due to resources and connectivity becoming subject to leveraging, nations are increasingly focusing on de-risking and diversifying their partnerships, though this shift has left the overall global atmosphere lacking in trust and goodwill.
Jaishankar asserted that strengthening stability, security, and predictability are crucial elements required to build an enabling environment for peace, warning that undermining any of these elements inevitably weakens global peace.
